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Summary: From the heart to the head of the classroom
Review: Jessica Weiner has written from her heart, but her book should be on the mind of every teacher, coach, and counselor.
I first started teaching high school in 1964. This book is an excellent lense through which to see the life of a young person struggling to become hereself. While Jessica's story is, of course, uniquely her own, there is enough here for anyone who wants to help young people negotiate the trails and passages of adolesence and young adulthood.Jeff Donnelly
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Summary: A ROLE MODEL FOR ME
Review: Jessica Weiner's book, A Very Hungry Girl, isn't meant to cure you or fix you or give you catchy top ten lists to help you recover. This book is one woman's story that turned into many women's stories. I was lucky enough to have seen her live and in action about 4 years ago on my college campus. She became my role model that night. She showed me that a curvy girl could look beautiful and glowing in her power. I am excited that Jessica's message is in a book now for many other people to read. I have bought a zillion copies for my friends. There are lots of people out there trying to make money off of other people's pain. Jessica is NOT one of them!!! Anyone who is looking for hope will find it in this book.
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Summary: A very interesting book for young people and their parents
Review: Jessica Weiner's new book 'A Very Hungry Girl' is the culmination of her many insightful contacts with young people from junior high through college age. Although she is only 28, her professional life seems to have been one of continuous engagement with issues facing our children. She has dialogued with hundreds of thousands of people through her issue oriented acting company 'Act Out', and though the many high school and college speaking engagements she has undertaken over the last 10 years. She seems to have made a difference in the lives of many individuals burdened with the devils of eating disorders, drugs and body image issues. Her ability to relate to them is enhanced by having dealt with some of these issues herself. I highly recommend this book to parents who have young children and to share this book with them. When I first picked up this book I was not expecting much in writing capability. I was pleased to discover that her writing is clear and entertaining...not dull at all. It is a quick read for parents and an interesting one for teenagers all of whom are coming to grips with peer pressure, external advertising, and body image. Since reading the book, I have visited her interesting website at www.jessicaweiner.com. She is a charismatic person with an uncanny ability to be herself and to relate honestly to people -even in the fantasy land of LA. Check it out!
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Summary: FINALLY - A BOOK FOR ME
Review: Jessica Weiner, where were you when I was a teen??
Thank you for writing this book.
For all of you who are on the fence of buying this book - know this: Her words come straight from the heart and will affect anyhone who has ever felt afriad or alone or not welcome in the world. As a mother I needed this but mostly as a woman I needed to hear your strength and laugh and cry with you. I highly recommend this book!
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Summary: An Inspiration
Review: Jessica's voice is one that needs to be heard. This book is very inspirational and motivational. There are so many people who need Jessica in their lives, and by writing this book she has made herself accessible to so many of these people who may never get a chance to personally encounter her. Jessica is one of the most caring and sincere people that I have ever met and this book is an important way to get her powerful message to those who need it. Jessica is someone who has impacted and changed the lives of so many people, including my own. This book is essential for teenagers who need a positive role model in their lives as well as anyone who cares about helping and supporting others.
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Summary: Jessica-Simply the BEST!
Review: Jessica-Your book made me laugh and cry. I learned so much from reading it, and I learned alot about you. You are such a great person, and you could tell by reading this. You impacted alot of lives and I want to let you know that I admire you so much. You impacted me to become a better person. I know many people will be thankful for this book as I am. You are the sweetest, kindest more sincere person I have ever met and you could tell my reading your book. Thank you for writing this and thank you for being in my life. Jess-I love you and miss you! You are my hero!
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Summary: Recommend Instead
Review: Life Inside the Thin Cage by Constance Rhodes was a better book on the same subject, the tips it provides are less self promo seeming.
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Summary: Jessica is for real; inspiring, compassionate and real.
Review: Listen, let me just put it like this. This is a real book by a real person that has spent years motivating audiences and individuals to reevaluate and reconnect to a relationship with themselves. Jessica is awesome at what she does and that comes across in the book as she tells her own story. Yes the book is real and raw. Anyone that knows Jessica and knows of the work she does knows the powerful effect that she has on an audience. Jessica has included a small fraction of the stories that she could have given that she has touched so many people. She could have waited longer to share the book, and maybe at that point she would have been more distanced from the realness of her story. But she didn't, she shared real and now and in process, the way we actually live our lives. It's a really cool book if you are on a search for that person inside. I give it to all the women in my life that I care about.
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Summary: A Satiated Testimonial from a Character in the Book
Review: Not only am I a recovering bulimic and one of the hybrids of characters in the book, but an avid supporter and honored friend of Jessica Weiner. I am truly blessed to have reconnected with Jessica a year ago only to discover that she had been on a mission to share her story to help other young people speak out. I feel Jessica comes from a place of rare honesty and powerful messages that speak to the soul. I am blessed to be referenced in this book...she did it with anonymity and taste and I hope other's will find comfort in identifying with parts of my input toward Jessica's life experience. My only regret is that this book did not exsist when I was beginning my disorder at the age of 15, for I am sure it could have only helped to halt my disease. I urge any one who is even on the brink of an eating disorder to read this book, for it is informative and truly from the heart. I believe this book is only the beginning of enlightenment Jessica has to offer our society.
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Summary: A Very Hungry Girl
Review: SHE WRITES FROM THE HEART- She speaks from her own experiences and touches peoples souls. I believe Jessica's personal journey will help, motivate and inspire those who indulge themselves in A Very Hungry Girl.
Thank You for this great book.
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